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what was the fist car you wanted when you passed the driving test & what did you get i wanted a 1600e cortina and got a viva never did get a 1600e still anything with wheels & a mot for a £100 was the order of the day
 

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I had an Austin A30 at 14 and a Herald 1360 at 17 and then a Mk1 Renualt 5
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My first car was a 62' austin seven [mini] TTY 164. It cost £40, had no interior trim on the doors, a clubman fibre glass front and no inner wings to speak of. In those days engines were more or less clapped out after about 40k and this had done 60. The wand type gear stick had about a foot of slack in all directions and top speed was about 65mph at which speed conversation was impossible. Stopping distance from this speed was about equivalent to an oil tanker's. No seat belts of course and demisters were a joke.
Have to stop now it's time for my nap.
cheers
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I started with an Austin A40 but for some strange reason lusted after an Hillman Imp !
Glad I've grown up now.
 

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215 CL600, 216 Facelift CL500, 172 SLK55, Nissan Cube, R170 SLK230 & an Auto Trail Comanche.
You're showing your age chaps! ;)

So am I 'cos I really wanted a GT6 :cool: . I ended up with a 1.3 Mk2 Cortina - not much difference is there? :rolleyes:

Mind you, I always said I would be driving a Mercedes before I was 40.
 

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You're showing your age chaps! ;)

So am I 'cos I really wanted a GT6 :cool: . I ended up with a 1.3 Mk2 Cortina - not much difference is there? :rolleyes:

Mind you, I always said I would be driving a Mercedes before I was 40.

So you had a mercedes in the sixties..
 

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I bought a 1 litre B reg Metro, white with a brown bonnet and blue door featuring mismatched wheel trims and a coathanger for an aerial; neither a good look or a particularly good car.

I wanted a jag xj-s v12. Still do, in fact.
 
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I bought a 1 litre B reg Metro, white with a brown bonnet and blue door featuring mismatched wheel trims and a coathanger for an aerial; neither a good look or a particularly good car.

I wanted a jag xj-s v12. Still do, in fact.
so did i a few years back till i sat in one just felt wrong so i got a scimitar
 

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wanted a p6 V8 rover, ended up with a brown 1800 vauxhall magnum, then after that i had a lancia 2.0 twin cam, not bad for a 17 year old!!!
 
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wanted a p6 V8 rover, ended up with a brown 1800 vauxhall magnum, then after that i had a lancia 2.0 twin cam, not bad for a 17 year old!!!
i had a lancia 20ltr twin cam HPE nice car till it fell apart never seen one for years
 

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Wanted 1966 Karmann Ghia, passed my test in June 1967
Got a £45.10s Vw Beetle 1956, then a 1961 then 1968 1500cc bliss

Still want W201 1993 190LE either Silver or Blue Met must be 2.0litre & auto
 

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Wanted a 1963 Austin Healey 3000 (new). Got a 1956 MG TF1500 (tired), followed by a Hillman Imp (modded), 1967 Renault 8 Gordini 1300, Renault 10, Renault 16TS (rally modded) and then downhill to Volvo 244.....etc...
 
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i had a renault 16ts for a short time a good few years back with the colum change was very nippy shocked a few mates with t-sunbeams ect
 

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wanted a p6 V8 rover, ended up with a brown 1800 vauxhall magnum, then after that i had a lancia 2.0 twin cam, not bad for a 17 year old!!!
I had a P6 3500S :)
First car I wanted was a Aston Martin Lagonda, I bought a Ford Fiesta Mk1 1.1L Sandpiper
 

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I wanted one of these when I was 16, dont now though.

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I also wanted one o these but ended up with both. The 3.0 SC was my daily drive at the age of 26.

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